[89492] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: nuq bop bom: 'ay' wa'maH chorgh
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghunchu'wI' 'utlh)
Wed Sep 7 11:49:59 2011
In-Reply-To: <6.2.5.6.2.20110907080520.04f2b1b0@flyingstart.ca>
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 11:43:26 -0400
From: "ghunchu'wI' 'utlh" <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Robyn Stewart <robyn@flyingstart.ca> wrote:
>> > ...nIjoy'chu'.
>>
>>Heghchugh qama', lujpu' joy'wI'.
>
> Ohh, joy' is one of those words where -chu' means to death. I'd
> better have another look at that. I meant her to praise the joy'wI'pu' laH.
No, I was trying to make a joke based on the fact that such words
exist but {joy'} is not one of them. To me, {joy'chu'} implies torture
to the *brink* of death. qama' HoHbe'qu' joy'chu'wI'.
-- ghunchu'wI'
